VLT at Paranal
The 8.2 metre VLT Unit Ttelescopes at Paranal Observatory use some of the strongest lasers ever created for a laser guide star system. The Laser Guide Star (LGS) is part of the VLT’s Adaptive Optics system. In the middle of the image, we see a nice edge side view of the Milky Way Galaxy.
Credit:About the Image
Id: | ut4interno-CC |
Type: | Photographic |
Release date: | 1 August 2019, 09:00 |
Size: | 7360 x 4912 px |
About the Object
Name: | Laser Guide Star, VLT Unit Telescopes |
Type: | Unspecified : Technology : Observatory : Telescope |
Category: | Paranal |
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